At the end of last year, Austrian Music Export launched the Impulse Program, a new initiative supporting Austrian music on the international stage. Today, the first results are in: Austrian Music Export is happy to announce the recipients of the first wave of Impulse grants!
The Impulse Program is designed to provide support for international live activities: showcase and festival performances, individual events, presentations, performances as a support act, and brief tours – in short, any international activities that promote Austrian music internationally and can reasonably be expected to have a long-term impact.
Impulse Recipients
In response to the first call, which ended on February 14th, Austrian Music Export recieved a total of 37 applications. The jury had a total of €25,000 to grant for this round, which it chose to distribute to the following acts and projects:
- Dragony, for performances as an opening act in European cities
- Kurdophone, for a performance at the Babel Music Expo
- Lucy Dreams, for performances as a support act and at showcases in Canada
- Omid Darvish & HUUUM, for a performance at the Rewire Festival in The Hague
- OSKA, for showcase festivals in the United States
- SALÒ, for club shows with supporting acts in Japan
Our congratulations to all grant recipients – and best wishes in your endeavors abroad!
…And just a friendly reminder: you can apply for the Impulse program at any time; the deadline for the next jury meeting is on March 20th. For more information see our article on the program and the Austrian Music Fund homepage (in German).